08:35 am :

trueself

S&P futures vs fair value: +9.40. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +13.00.  Stock futures have added to their premarket gains following the latest batch of weekly jobless claims data. Initial claims for the week ending October 3 totaled 521,000, which is below the 540,000 that was expected and down 33,000 from the previous week. The four-week moving average now stands at 539,750, down from 548,750. Continuing claims fell 72,000 to 6.04 million from the previous week. They were expected to come in close to 6.11 million.

shyla

S&P 500        1,064.70        11.10 now

another good day

SpringMountain

summery---all better:

Date Time (ET) Statistic              For          Actual    Briefing Forecast   Market Expects   Prior    Revised From
Oct 8 8:30 AM   Initial Claims     10/03       521K         550K                 540K                  554K     551K
Oct 8 8:30 AM   Continuing Claims 09/26  6040K       6050K                6105K                6112K    6090K

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